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No One Goes Hungry Here

  • April 13, 2014
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Ali Al-Zahi mixing the dough. / By Sami Haven
Ali Al-Zahi mixing the dough. / By Sami Haven
Ali dividing the dough. / By Sami Haven
Ali dividing the dough. / By Sami Haven
Eid Mahmoud shaping the dough. / By Sami Haven
Eid Mahmoud shaping the dough. / By Sami Haven
Eid tossing the shaped dough to Saeed Al-Mugazi. / By Sami Haven
Eid tossing the shaped dough to Saeed Al-Mugazi. / By Sami Haven
Ahmad Abu Samra adding thyme oil and sesame to dough to make Mana'eesh. / By Sami Haven
Ahmad Abu Samra adding thyme oil and sesame to dough to make Mana’eesh. / By Sami Haven
Eid shaping more dough while Saeed bakes. / By Sami Haven
Eid shaping more dough while Saeed bakes. / By Sami Haven
Saeed tosses the bread onto the cooling rack. / By Sami Haven
Saeed tosses the bread onto the cooling rack. / By Sami Haven
Baked bread flying onto the cooling rack. / By Sami Haven
Baked bread flying onto the cooling rack. / By Sami Haven
Fresh bread ready to eat. / By Sami Haven
Fresh bread ready to eat. / By Sami Haven

Khalda’s Jewel Bakery was opened in 1986 by Khaleef Al-Sukkar. It has had three different owners since then, but its concept has never changed: bread is free for whoever can’t pay. 

Khaleef also gave away land for the construction of a school, and funded the construction of Khalda Street, on which the bakery sits.

Today the bakery is owned by Abdalrahman Shaneneh. Abd told me that many customers want to donate money to subsidize the bread that the bakery gives away, and that he often turns it down because the donations end up totaling more than the cost of the bread.

Abd hopes to eventually implement the same system for clothes, and to open another bakery that operates on the same principle of giving.

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Sami Haven

Sami Haven was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1987. His mother is originally from Yabroud, Syria, and his father is English born in the Caribbean. He grew up in his grandmother's house in Jabal al-wehbdeh, in the heart of Amman. In 2003 Sami moved to Al-Saru, on the outskirts of Amman, where he studied graphic design at Al Ahliyya University, graduating with the highest grades of his class. In 2005 he moved to Rome, Italy, where he did his masters in Photography. Sami worked with the world's most famous photographers like Steven Klein and Oliviero Toscani, along with many others. His works have been included in the Biennale of Venice directed by Kazuyo Sejima, Paris-Photo, and also in Tokio. After working in various editions of X-FACTOR Italia - making video clips for the contestants - in theatre with Fendi, and in the high fashion industry, Sami felt there was something missing, and so he decided to go to Gaza, Palestine, because it is an example of resistance and humanity, and to try and contrast the image constructed by the Western media that serves only the powerful. Today Sami is co-funder and part of an on growing conceptual group called Jasmine. A group united through passion against fear, a smell that's to spread out from the Mediterranean like a virus, to contaminate the world with Love, and heal from indifference. All can be part, and all shall be armed: Culture, Art, Music and Sport shall be our weapons of mass construction.

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7 comments
  1. samer says:
    April 13, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    God bless him

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    1. ABDALLAH AKROUK, PhD says:
      April 14, 2014 at 8:23 pm

      HABIBI SAMI WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO HUMANITY IS GREAT MY SON. IT IS AN HONOR TO THOSE WHO APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT IN PUT IN GAZA.S DILEMA AMONG OUR BELOVED FAMILY. I APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. MAY ALLAH PROTECT YOU ALWAYS

      Reply
  2. sireen omar says:
    April 14, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    God bless all good people, great simple idea to help people inneed

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    1. Jennifer MacKenzie says:
      April 15, 2014 at 7:49 am

      Yes!!

      Reply
  3. jannet parungao says:
    April 14, 2014 at 6:29 pm

    Great initiative

    Reply
  4. Alia says:
    April 14, 2014 at 8:39 pm

    very well written and beautiful pictures sami!!!!

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  5. Rama says:
    April 17, 2014 at 8:28 am

    Thanks for sharing our culture and traditions Sami. I love the photos and the message.

    Reply

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